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Need Portable Hard Drive That Will Work With High Sierra
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1798788" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>Welcome to Mac-Forums.</p><p></p><p>Any hard drive that is accessible through USB (the most common method) will work with a Mac and High Sierra (HS). When Toshiba claimed that they don't support HS, they meant the stupid software that a lot of these manufacturers put on top of their devices doesn't work with MacOS or HS specifically, likely only windows. You absolutely do not need any of that extra software, but some of the drives won't even function until that software is running.</p><p></p><p>Ideally you just want a "dumb" enclosure that holds your external drive (spinning or SSD) to have it work with your MBP without anything getting in the way.</p><p></p><p>If you go for a drive that pretends to be a NAS or Cloud storage or any fancy stuff, that usually brings along software that might prevent the drive from working. But if you focus your search purely on a drive, that'll work great.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1798788, member: 110816"] Welcome to Mac-Forums. Any hard drive that is accessible through USB (the most common method) will work with a Mac and High Sierra (HS). When Toshiba claimed that they don't support HS, they meant the stupid software that a lot of these manufacturers put on top of their devices doesn't work with MacOS or HS specifically, likely only windows. You absolutely do not need any of that extra software, but some of the drives won't even function until that software is running. Ideally you just want a "dumb" enclosure that holds your external drive (spinning or SSD) to have it work with your MBP without anything getting in the way. If you go for a drive that pretends to be a NAS or Cloud storage or any fancy stuff, that usually brings along software that might prevent the drive from working. But if you focus your search purely on a drive, that'll work great. [/QUOTE]
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